Another favorite space-- Mechanic Institute Library-- it's an old private library/chess club in the SF financial district that most locals don't even know about. If you ask to tour they will let you see it.

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I live in San Francisco and I couldn't agree more with these suggestions. The comment about good restaurants being near the Russian Hill bookstore is oh, so true--on Polk street and on Hyde street--all around. Explore. I found a bakery on Polk Street that served apple pan dowdy (like in the song); it wasn't very good, but it was like finding a mastodon in San Fran. I'd also very strongly recommend the Green Apple Bookstore on Clement St. between 4th and 5th. I'm biased because I live in walking distance, but it's one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. Clement Street is a small Chinatown and has remarkable restaurants from Turkish to Indonesian, Thai and Chinese--and even one of the best French restaurants in the city: Clementine. My email is hlsf3@yahoo.com. My website is www.jeffersoninparis.com

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Brief Philadelphia Restaurant Guide

Philadelphia is an EATING town. From swine to divine, we’ve got it! You know you’re supposed to eat a cheesesteak, and you might know to seek out a good seafood place, but you can have a very diverse culinary experience: an international food palate for our international visitors

“Warm-hued walls patched with large frescos of the Italian countryside give an old world feel to this tiny business district dining room. A good mix of business diners, date duos and "regulars" take up the dark wood tabled to dine on traditional, house-made dishes like fried calamari, Zuppa Di Pesce and Veal Parmigiana.” (On-line description.)

Good place for large groups even though it’s a relatively small restaurant.A group of 12 of us ate there one night during MLA, and everyone enjoyed the meal.The staff has always been very accommodating when I’ve eaten there, and the food is yummy.It’s also BYOB.(Cantalupo review)